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The discussions below cover a variety of gaming elements, and while many of the articles refer to D&D, most of them can easily be applied to other fantasy games. If you would like to suggest topics for future articles or tabletop gaming books to review, feel free to inquire.
Character Backgrounds Contest 6/2017
Kismet's Character Palette: A Development Tool
The Bold and the Beautiful: Soap Opera Tricks for Building Characters
Soap Operas as a Guidling Light for Handling Characters During Play
Soap Operas & Story Creation: Secrets Make the World Turn
The Basics of Dungeons and Dragons
Kismet's Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying
What I've Learned from Play By Email
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